FTIR-NIR spectrometer

这一建议概述了需要一台既能红外（IR）又能近红外（NIR）光谱的光谱仪。这样的仪器能够研究大量的合成和天然分子，并通常支持研究人员在广泛领域的进步。所要求的仪器是几乎任何分子结构鉴定所需的标准表征工具套件的一部分。大多数制备和研究化合物的研究小组都需要使用红外光谱来确定化学物质的关键结构特征。除了常规的分子表征外，红外和近红外光谱还可以提供有关高度专门化分子的重要信息，这些信息通过特定的键振动揭示了分子的结构方面，而这些振动只有使用这些技术才能检测到。因此，该仪器将对功能化碳纳米管、高共轭卟啉聚合物和低聚物、非线性光学材料、抗菌天然产物、酶抑制剂、电信行业的光波导、用于有机转化的新型有机金属催化剂以及许多其他需要分子表征的研究项目的制备和调查产生重大影响。实际上，麦克马斯特化学系的每一位研究人员都将受到所要求的仪器的积极影响。

This proposal outlines the need for a spectrometer capable of both infrared (IR) and near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy.  Such an instrument enables the study of a wide array of synthetic and natural molecules and typically supports the progress of researchers in a broad range of fields.  The instrument requested is part of the standard suite of characterization tools that is required for structural identification of practically any molecule.  Most research groups that prepare and study chemical compounds require the use of IR spectroscopy to determine key structural features within chemicals. In addition to routine molecular characterization, IR and NIR spectroscopy can provide important information about highly specialized molecules that reveal structural aspects through specific bond vibrations that can be detected only with the use of these techniques.  The requested instrument will therefore significantly impact ongoing research on the preparation and investigation of functionalized carbon nanotubes, highly conjugated porphyrin polymers and oligomers, non-linear optical materials, antimicrobial natural products, enzyme inhibitors, optical waveguides for the telecommunications industry, new types of organometallic catalysts for organic transformations, as well as numerous other research programs that require molecular characterization.  Practically every researcher within the McMaster Chemistry Department will be positively impacted by the requested instrument.